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A review by misha_ali
How to Make a Wish by Ashley Herring Blake
5.0
I have deep empathy for YA characters stuck with shitty parents that results in them growing up too soon and having to parent their parents and feel guilty for the thought of "abandoning" them to seek their own lives and happiness. Let's face it, this book was always going to make me cry.
I loved everything about this book. The deep sadness and shame the MC feels about her parent, the life she misses out on because of her guilt and the complexity of grief and not being able to open up to someone who doesn't understand it.
As the cherry on top, there is some excellent representation here with a bisexual MC who doesn't really feel the need to make a big announcement about coming out, it's just who she is. A lesbian POC main character as well. A deep friendship between a boy and girl that is never teased as anything beyond platonic, which is also great to see. Some seemingly simple characters having unexpected depth to them.
“And that's the funny thing about wishes - only when one comes true do you realize the full scope of that wish. What you really wanted. The beauty of it. The complexity.
The cost.”
I loved everything about this book. The deep sadness and shame the MC feels about her parent, the life she misses out on because of her guilt and the complexity of grief and not being able to open up to someone who doesn't understand it.
As the cherry on top, there is some excellent representation here with a bisexual MC who doesn't really feel the need to make a big announcement about coming out, it's just who she is. A lesbian POC main character as well. A deep friendship between a boy and girl that is never teased as anything beyond platonic, which is also great to see. Some seemingly simple characters having unexpected depth to them.
“And that's the funny thing about wishes - only when one comes true do you realize the full scope of that wish. What you really wanted. The beauty of it. The complexity.
The cost.”